Events in chess during the year 2015:

2015 tournaments

This is a list of significant 2015 chess tournaments:

TournamentDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
2015 Tata Steel Chess Tournament12–27 Jan14Norway Magnus CarlsenFrance Maxime Vachier-LagraveNetherlands Anish Giri
2015 Grenke Chess Classic2–9 Feb8Norway Magnus CarlsenGermany Arkadij NaiditschEngland Michael Adams
2015 Zurich Chess Challenge13–19 Feb6United States Hikaru NakamuraIndia Viswanathan AnandRussia Vladimir Kramnik
FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15 Tbilisi14–28 Feb12Russia Evgeny TomashevskyRussia Dmitry JakovenkoAzerbaijan Teimour Radjabov
Women's World Chess Championship 201516 Mar – 7 Apr64Ukraine Mariya MuzychukRussia Natalia PogoninaIndia Dronavalli Harika
Sweden Pia Cramling
2015 Aeroflot Open27 Mar – 7 Apr68Russia Ian NepomniachtchiRussia Daniil DubovRussia Ivan Bukavshin
Shamkir Chess 201516–26 Apr10Norway Magnus CarlsenIndia Viswanathan AnandUnited States Wesley So
FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15 Khanty-Mansiysk14–26 May12Russia Dmitry JakovenkoUnited States Hikaru NakamuraItaly Fabiano Caruana
Norway Chess 201515–26 Jun10Bulgaria Veselin TopalovIndia Viswanathan AnandUnited States Hikaru Nakamura
2015 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting27 Jun – 5 Jul8United States Fabiano CaruanaUnited States Wesley SoGermany Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
2015 Biel Chess Festival20–30 Jul6France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave[1]Poland Radosław WojtaszekEngland Michael Adams
2015 Sinquefield Cup22 Aug – 3 Sept10Armenia Levon AronianNorway Magnus CarlsenUnited States Hikaru Nakamura
Chess World Cup 201510 Sep – 5 Oct128Russia Sergey KarjakinRussia Peter SvidlerNetherlands Anish Giri
Ukraine Pavel Eljanov
Millionaire Chess 20158–12 OctUnited States Hikaru NakamuraVietnam Lê Quang LiêmChina Yu Yangyi
2015 World Rapid Chess Championship10–12 Oct158Norway Magnus CarlsenRussia Ian NepomniachtchiAzerbaijan Teimour Radjabov
2015 World Blitz Chess Championship13–14 Oct188Russia Alexander GrischukFrance Maxime Vachier-LagraveRussia Vladimir Kramnik
2015 Bilbao Chess Masters Final25 Oct – 1 Nov4United States Wesley SoNetherlands Anish GiriIndia Viswanathan Anand
China Ding Liren
2015 London Chess Classic4–13 Dec10Norway Magnus CarlsenNetherlands Anish GiriFrance Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
2015 Qatar Masters Open20–29 Dec132Norway Magnus CarlsenChina Yu YangyiRussia Vladimir Kramnik

Key dates

FIDE world rankings

The FIDE World Rankings in December was[2]

Rank Player Rating
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2834
2 Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 2803
3–4 India Viswanathan Anand 2796
3–4 Russia Vladimir Kramnik 2796
5 United States Hikaru Nakamura 2793
6 Armenia Levon Aronian 2788
7 United States Fabiano Caruana 2787
8 Netherlands Anish Giri 2784
9 China Ding Liren 2776
10 United States Wesley So 2775
11 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2773
12 Russia Sergey Karjakin 2766
13 Ukraine Pavel Eljanov 2763
14 Russia Peter Svidler 2751
15 China Li Chao 2750
16 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2748
17 Russia Alexander Grischuk 2747
18 Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky 2744
19 India Pentala Harikrishna 2743
20–21 England Michael Adams 2737
20–21 Russia Dmitry Jakovenko 2737

References

  1. ↑ "Winners 2015 Biel International Chess Festival". Biel International Chess Festival. July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "FIDE: Top 100 Players".
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